Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) A member from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) was elected as the first-ever mayor of capital city Islamabad, the media reported on Tuesday. The elections for electing a mayor were…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Foreign secretary level talks between Pakistan and India are not conditional to…
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IANS) India’s response to the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft by the US “does not make sense”, said a Pakistani daily on Monday. An editorial “An end to cordiality” in The Nation…
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) A clause in the draft Hindu marriage bill, which states that a marriage will be annulled if either spouse converts to another religion, has triggered vehement contest between its opponents and…
Islamabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has urged people of the country not to observe ValentineÂ’s Day, saying that it was not a part of Muslim tradition but of the West, the media…
By Sushil Kumar New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Expecting that the world would take a “serious note” of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley’s revelations on the devastating 26/11 Mumbai attack that claimed 166 lives, security…
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) The Obama administration has approved the sale of eight F-16 Block-52 aircraft to Pakistan worth $699 million in the face of US lawmakers’ opposition to the deal over Islamabad’s alleged support…
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley told Special TADA Court Judge G.A. Sanap that post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, he had surveyed sensitive military establishments in Pune, here on Saturday. When asked…
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) It may very well be plausible that officials from within the ISI facilitated the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, a Pakistani daily said and noted that Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley’s testimony has…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Following Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Healdey’ deposition in which he revealed Pakistan’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, India on Friday…
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talking to the media during a press conference in New Delhi on November 17, 2012. (Photo: PP Sarkar/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan is notorious for increasing incidents of killings of journalists and is considered one of the most dangerous places for media persons in the world, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday….
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Workers of the Pakistan’s state-owned airlines announced that they have called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they were invited for talks to listen to their demands. The nearly…
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s National Assembly (NA) committee has approved a draft law on Hindu marriages, paving the way for registering marriages in the minuscule religious minority of the country, the media reported on…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The UN Secretary General’s “Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development” Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will visit Pakistan on Tuesday. In her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate, Queen…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Monday revealed a goldmine of information for Indian authorities on various aspects leading to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, while deposing via video conference from…
Islamabad, Feb 7 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employeesÂ’ strike and the suspension of flight operations continued for the sixth day on Saturday, affecting PIA passengers at home and abroad. Over 2,000 Pakistanis were…
New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday thanked the Pakistan Army for an offer of help in rescue and recovery of their personnel buried in an avalanche on Siachen. “We thanked Pakistan…
Actor Anupam Kher. (File Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Indian actor Anupam Kher being denied a Pakistani visa is “reflective of the byzantine and thoroughly nebulous visa regime that exists between India and Pakistan”,…
(160120) — CHARSADDA, Jan. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Pakistani army soldiers cordon off Bacha Khan University following an attack by gunmen in northwest Pakistan’s Charsadda, Jan. 20, 2016. A splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…